Dakota
@subtleinsider.bsky.social
Prairie Dog livin in the Nation's Capital.
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I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
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This is the shit that'll get them. We already have footage that all the public has seen (even the dopes) & photos of them together. A smart crook would leave a few photos/emails/notes in the files to show that what contact he did have with Epstein wasn't as bad as others, but instead they do this
i’m just going to assume the 90% of pages that they blacked out is ONLY donald trump
December 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This is the shit that'll get them. We already have footage that all the public has seen (even the dopes) & photos of them together. A smart crook would leave a few photos/emails/notes in the files to show that what contact he did have with Epstein wasn't as bad as others, but instead they do this
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My mom does this. She’s legally blind, and managing leading her and holding onto luggage and getting through a terminal and not losing things is too much for my dad to manage on his own. This is the only way they can get help, so that’s what they do.
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva
They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines.
on.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:31 AM
My mom does this. She’s legally blind, and managing leading her and holding onto luggage and getting through a terminal and not losing things is too much for my dad to manage on his own. This is the only way they can get help, so that’s what they do.
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When I'm accused of naivety for thinking the world can change for the better, I use this very example.
I'm not old & in my lifetime, smoking went from absolutely everywhere, to "smoking sections", to the current reality.
It took education, new laws, & peer pressure. All of it - no silver bullet.
I'm not old & in my lifetime, smoking went from absolutely everywhere, to "smoking sections", to the current reality.
It took education, new laws, & peer pressure. All of it - no silver bullet.
I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
It’s crazy that people used to be able to just smoke cigarettes wherever they wanted
December 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
When I'm accused of naivety for thinking the world can change for the better, I use this very example.
I'm not old & in my lifetime, smoking went from absolutely everywhere, to "smoking sections", to the current reality.
It took education, new laws, & peer pressure. All of it - no silver bullet.
I'm not old & in my lifetime, smoking went from absolutely everywhere, to "smoking sections", to the current reality.
It took education, new laws, & peer pressure. All of it - no silver bullet.
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Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
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Thousands of inauthentic accounts were found to be spreading lies online about Taylor Swift and Blake Lively.
Wild Taylor Swift Conspiracy Theories After Last Album Was Coordinated Effort, Report Claims
Thousands of inauthentic accounts were found to be spreading lies online about Taylor Swift and Blake Lively.
www.forbes.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Thousands of inauthentic accounts were found to be spreading lies online about Taylor Swift and Blake Lively.
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we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
we have to go back. to warn them.
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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BREAKING: Secret Skills Development Fund data obtained by @thestar.com reveals Labour Minister David Piccini doled out millions to low-scoring applicants. E.G. owner of @TheTorontoSun and the @nationalpost got $1M despite a 41.68% score.
#onpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
#onpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/secret-data-reveals-which-low-scoring-ap[…]om-the-ford/article_8e6b59ef-8352-43cc-9434-c9d9c04bb65d.html
November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
BREAKING: Secret Skills Development Fund data obtained by @thestar.com reveals Labour Minister David Piccini doled out millions to low-scoring applicants. E.G. owner of @TheTorontoSun and the @nationalpost got $1M despite a 41.68% score.
#onpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
#onpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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This conversation between ChatGPT and the young man it encouraged to commit suicide is just...my god
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This conversation between ChatGPT and the young man it encouraged to commit suicide is just...my god
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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If you just banked that coffee money every week and denied yourself every other instance of life’s gastronomic pleasures, however small and ordinary, you could save enough to make the down payment on that starter house in [checks notes] five hundred and seventy three years
“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…”
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archive.ph/2TI8J
October 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
If you just banked that coffee money every week and denied yourself every other instance of life’s gastronomic pleasures, however small and ordinary, you could save enough to make the down payment on that starter house in [checks notes] five hundred and seventy three years
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The US Ambassador gave a keynote address to a right-wing group that was posting memes attacking public health rules in Alberta separatist FB groups during the pandemic:
pressprogress.ca/group-funded...
pressprogress.ca/group-funded...
October 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The US Ambassador gave a keynote address to a right-wing group that was posting memes attacking public health rules in Alberta separatist FB groups during the pandemic:
pressprogress.ca/group-funded...
pressprogress.ca/group-funded...
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City spent $450,000 on 2022 municipal election audit
City spent $450,000 on 2022 municipal election audit
A memo from Ottawa’s city clerk shows the compliance audit of the 2022 municipal election, which concluded with no legal proceedings, cost nearly half a million dollars.
bit.ly
October 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
City spent $450,000 on 2022 municipal election audit
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Totally.
I think suffering *shows* your character, it does not necessarily build it.
Covid-19 pandemic is the best example of that. If suffering inherently creates empathy and builds your moral character, then we should all be thriving now after so much suffering and isolation AND YET...
I think suffering *shows* your character, it does not necessarily build it.
Covid-19 pandemic is the best example of that. If suffering inherently creates empathy and builds your moral character, then we should all be thriving now after so much suffering and isolation AND YET...
In connection w/your point, do you not find it a pernicious myth that suffering is ennobling & 'makes you a better person'? That can happen, of course, & people do learn from experiences, but we underestimate how often people learn the wrong lessons. Suffering often warps & damages victims, I find.
October 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Totally.
I think suffering *shows* your character, it does not necessarily build it.
Covid-19 pandemic is the best example of that. If suffering inherently creates empathy and builds your moral character, then we should all be thriving now after so much suffering and isolation AND YET...
I think suffering *shows* your character, it does not necessarily build it.
Covid-19 pandemic is the best example of that. If suffering inherently creates empathy and builds your moral character, then we should all be thriving now after so much suffering and isolation AND YET...
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UN General Assembly allows Abbas to address world leaders by video after US denies him a visa for travel to New York.
UN approves video address by Palestine’s Abbas after US visa refusal
UN General Assembly allows Abbas to address world leaders by video after US denies him a visa for travel to New York.
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September 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
UN General Assembly allows Abbas to address world leaders by video after US denies him a visa for travel to New York.
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i firmly believe these mysterious ghosts will make me money
This is hilarious. These people have never run a real business. It is 100% a scam operated by skiled, dedicated grifters.
www.wsj.com/articles/sto...
www.wsj.com/articles/sto...
September 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
i firmly believe these mysterious ghosts will make me money
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‘Forgive us, Palestinian brothers, sisters,’ says Algerian ambassador to UN Amar Bendjama after devastating outcome.
US vetoes UN Security Council Gaza ceasefire demand for sixth time
‘Forgive us, Palestinian brothers, sisters,’ says Algerian ambassador to UN Amar Bendjama after devastating outcome.
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September 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
‘Forgive us, Palestinian brothers, sisters,’ says Algerian ambassador to UN Amar Bendjama after devastating outcome.
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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Built in the 13th century. So that mosque stood for 800 years with every sort of person from every place and every religion in the world passing through Gaza century after century, only for it to be blown up by some shithead loser sitting behind a computer that we probably paid for.
September 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Built in the 13th century. So that mosque stood for 800 years with every sort of person from every place and every religion in the world passing through Gaza century after century, only for it to be blown up by some shithead loser sitting behind a computer that we probably paid for.
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as soon as there's evidence the shooter's identity isn't easy to weaponize things magically become complicated
“I have no idea why he did this.” A young man's descent from model student to suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk. on.wsj.com/48gbtoN
September 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
as soon as there's evidence the shooter's identity isn't easy to weaponize things magically become complicated
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It’s almost like letting young white men marinate their brains in an algorithm-driven toxic stew of nihilistic hate 24/7 and giving them ready access to guns is a bad idea
September 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It’s almost like letting young white men marinate their brains in an algorithm-driven toxic stew of nihilistic hate 24/7 and giving them ready access to guns is a bad idea
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My take on why this story hasn't captured national media : They tend to favour "divisive" stories and in this case, the man is an obvious monster who preyed on women that he knew and so there's no clickbait "This will trigger feminists!" or "Look at this poor innocent man" angle to exploit.
In Kingston, there's a trial happening that's getting barely any attention. Even I just heard of it!
40yr old tech entrepreneur Michael Haaima is facing *98* charges for sexual assault and related offences committed against *28 women and girls* between '07 and '22.
MAJOR content warning.
40yr old tech entrepreneur Michael Haaima is facing *98* charges for sexual assault and related offences committed against *28 women and girls* between '07 and '22.
MAJOR content warning.
'It's like Bernardo,' officer says as Haaima trial resumes – Kingston News
(Kingston, Ontario) The "mega trial" of Michael Mark Haaima resumed Tuesday, Sep. 2, 2025, after a two-week summer hiatus, with testimony from the boyfriend of one of Haaima's alleged victims.
www.kingstonist.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
My take on why this story hasn't captured national media : They tend to favour "divisive" stories and in this case, the man is an obvious monster who preyed on women that he knew and so there's no clickbait "This will trigger feminists!" or "Look at this poor innocent man" angle to exploit.
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The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
September 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.